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    From Aaron Thomas@1:342/201 to All on Monday, May 18, 2026 17:00:08
    I thought NY had a bad Democrat problem, but maybe Washington is even worse.

    The new mayor of Seatle (Katie Wilson) ran against another Democrat in her mayoral race. There was no Republican challenger. Apparently that's common in Seattle.

    It seems ridiculous. We have enough well-spoken Republicans who should be challenging Democrats. Why don't they do it?

    I get it that "businesses are leaving Seattle" and I also get why the new mayor just says "C-ya." This is what the people who live there asked for, I guess.

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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Aaron Thomas on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 07:09:51
    Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

    It seems ridiculous. We have enough well-spoken Republicans who should
    be challenging Democrats. Why don't they do it?

    Because it's not worth it. Running a campaign is expensive. Why pay the money knowing that you can't win?

    I get it that "businesses are leaving Seattle" and I also get why the
    new mayor just says "C-ya." This is what the people who live there
    asked for, I guess.

    Yup. Seattle has fallen. There's no recovery. There's just the Gary, Indiana, stage and maybe something after that.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/100 to Ron L. on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 10:54:38
    Re: Re: Seattle
    By: Ron L. to Aaron Thomas on Tue May 19 2026 07:09 am

    It seems ridiculous. We have enough well-spoken Republicans who should be challenging Democrats. Why don't they do it?

    Because it's not worth it. Running a campaign is expensive. Why pay the money knowing that you can't win?

    I've never been to Washington. I didn't know they were so liberal. Worse than California, so it seems.


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